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Yes. And the malware could be polymorphic. Or there could be multiple versions of the same "core" out there. It's not clear to me how sophisticated virus (malware) scanners for OS …

> Is there any diagnostic tool out there to determine if you've been infected? From what I can tell, they posted the SHA256 of the offending binary under the IOCs section of that w…

Thought experiment: let's say that Apple doesn't know what the suspect in a law enforcement investigation is suspected of. If the request is between revealing the identity of a use…

Excellent. http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/47518/is-pptp-vp...

Maybe it is a coincidence being posted on HN 7 months after the article was written, but the NY Post article is a great commentary on what is in the news these days: https://en.wik…

Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11275505

Take a look at Jocelyn Goldfein's software engineering career ladder chart: https://medium.com/@jocelyngoldfein/a-very-very-rough-approx...

I actually don't see a problem with Apple's MFi program. Back in 2013, a woman in China was electrocuted by her iPhone 4 due to a non-OEM charger: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/ar…

This approach solves a few problems: 1. Apps in the Mac App Store can't ship their own kernel extensions along with the app. With the framework, it may not be necessary for virtual…

While it may not be covered under FDIC, Federal Regulation E might come into play here, according to this research paper: Is Everything We Know About Password-Stealing Wrong? http:…

I don't think this is Apple trying to be difficult: SSD TRIM is buggy between all the different vendors (today even Ubuntu enables it only for Samsung and Intel SSDs by default), t…

Take a look at http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ and plug in your address to see what your options are. I'd suggest Monkey Brains ISP: https://www.monkeybrains.net/wireless.html It's no…

I didn't give this article much weight -- Bennett called up Christensen on the telephone and got an emotional, ad-hoc response. This isn't a well thought out, polished, official re…

If that's what you're trying to do, you might want to explore cross compiling Mac apps on Linux: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2786240/how-to-compile-in... See also Mozilla Bu…

That's nice for a fanless i5. But a fanless i7 is already out there with some great specs, though it's pretty expensive. http://www.tinygreenpc.com/microsvr.aspx Power: 8W – 35W (D…

What graphics card does Mac OS X think it's using when running in QEMU/KVM as you describe? Are you able to get different (more than 1200x800) resolutions? One of the major shortco…

> he's actively asking people to send money to him in a way that skirts the lien the irs has filed against him. if the irs notices this and gets pissed, it absolutely puts his 'hel…

It's breathtaking to see such a blunder: a Forune 100 company telling nearly 20% [1] of its installed user base, it's second largest desktop OS customer base, to stop and make a fi…

StartCom/StartSSL thwarted a recent hack attack, according to: http://www.informationweek.com/attacks/how-startcom-foiled-c... Their due diligence on verifying who is requesting th…